Wild Grind Coffee
It has been a while. During the pandemic I have been blogging over at Suddenly at Home. This is Kinda Different’s first coffee-shop review since the beginning of coronavirus time — we just haven’t been … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Coffee
Roots Roasting; Brewed Awakenings
Today we look at two coffee shops, one quite local to us and one far afield in north-central Minnesota. Both easily qualify for our shortlist of desirable third places. Bonus: a northern getaway interlude. (Links … ‣ more…
Amore, Corner, Nokomis, Roundtable
I continue to be amazed at the depth and breadth of the coffee shop culture here in the Twin Cities. In this installment we review a West Side St. Paul coffee house, one in Uptown … ‣ more…
Golden Thyme, Ginkgo, Goat
This time we visit three St. Paul coffee houses a little more off the beaten path: one on Selby in Summit-University, one north of Downtown, and one out Snelling Avenue. (Links to all reviews in … ‣ more…
Four Coffee Establishments
In this installment we visit a pair of St. Paul coffee houses and a pair in Minneapolis. One of the latter offers baked goods from a literally world-class practitioner. (Links to previous reviews in this … ‣ more…
Trio of Coffees
Working down my growing backlog of coffee shop reviews, here are two in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul. (Links to previous reviews in this series are at the bottom of this post.) And before … ‣ more…
Coffee Thrice
It’s past time to make a dent in my backlog of coffee shop reviews. Here are two in South Minneapolis and one on West 7th Ave., St. Paul. Without at first intending it, I see … ‣ more…
Two Openings
Here is a timely report from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar, visited about 2 weeks after its soft opening, and an extremely early look at Grand Central, observed mere hours after its debut. [Note added … ‣ more…
Avidly Awaiting
In the spring of 2016, we who live in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland neighborhood are waiting for all manner of things to open or re-open. Here’s a status update on a few of them. [Note added … ‣ more…
Deux Cafés
Today we profile two coffee shops over on the Minneapolis side of the river: Sparrow Cafe in Lynnhurst and Fireroast in Longfellow. These represent two of our favorites among the establishments we have visited so … ‣ more…